I just had a terrible feeding session with Ira so I thought I would share a couple funny/interesting anecdotes from New Jersey. 1. Last week one of the little girls in the clinic was celebrating her 3rd birthday. Pam, one of the therapists, brought a cake into the playroom. She said its the only playroom […]

The search for a school for Ira for this fall has been arduous. For Sophia, I patted myself on the back for evading the crazy mayhem known as “finding a preschool in NYC”. Instead of putting her name on a waiting list while in utero, she began going to daycare after Ira was born and […]

I love to get my haircut. There are not many things that can offer such swift and complete change as a haircut. If you want to lose weight or build muscle, it takes months. If you want to learn a new skill, lots of time and practice. Haircut? Change in a moment. And that’s how […]

Go here to see how much fun Ira is having at feeding school!

I just read that Stephen Curtis Chapman’s (a Contemporary Christian artist) 5 year old daughter was accidentally killed by her older brother while he was backing out of the driveway. Five years old. That is exactly the same age as my daughter. I want to hold on to her and never let go. And yet […]

Today was a very special day in our family. Sophia was in her very first (hopefully not last) play this morning. Her Pre-K class has been working on their own version of “Repunzel” for weeks. We knew that Sophia was going to be the Mom/Queen but really didn’t know much beyond that. Every time I […]

Well, Friday did not get any better. In fact, one of the therapists suggested we skip the last meal because Ira was regressing a bit. He was so tired and upset he didn’t want any part of the food. So I took him home a little early although we didn’t get home any earlier because […]

Let’s just say Ira is over it. He is done with feeding school. Yesterday he cried the last 15 minutes of the drive to NJ saying “I get down! I get down! No eat!” Both yesterday and today he had to be peeled from my arms crying BIG tears. I actually waited outside the playroom […]

Tens of thousands of people have been killed the last two weeks in natural disasters. Many more will die in the days ahead from injury and starvation. Much needed aid will not reach them. It is in times like these I am reminded of the box in which I place God. The God I worship […]

Today could not have gone better. Ira did so well! I was so proud of him. I watched him eat at 11:30am, skipped the 2:30pm feeding because I was attending a “family meeting” with the other parents, and watched him eat again at 3:15pm. His therapist was very impressed that he let her in his […]